Wight o w ed (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 236pp; lacking Title Page. Decorative embossed green cloth with green tape on spine. Rubs to corners. Former college library volume with customary labels and stamps. Inner hinges reinforced with book tape. Contents clean and tight; textually unmarked. Biographer was well-known French poet, novelist, historian and statesman. Lamartine had run unsuccessfully for the presidency of France against Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon III). Lamartine's writings influenced our popular imagery of Columbus. Dimensions: 15 cm x 11 cm.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 552 pages; 1859 Derby & Jackson. HC in original brown cloth with blind-stamped ornamental borders and gilt-lettered and decorated spine. First edition of this compilation of Pascal's writings edited by Orlando W. Wight, including translations by Mary L. Booth. Title leaf is a cancel. Binding quite worn, with substantial cloth loss along the spine and at the extremities, exposing portions of the underlying structure. Closed tear to the binding cloth along the front joint. Contents comparatively clean, with uniform age toning. Good only.…

Leather and paper over boards. Zustand: Good. 1861 edition. Hardcover 1/4 leather (tan) over paper (marbled) over boards. 8vo. xxx, 31-451 pp. Unillustrated. Translated from the original French into English by the editor. Six compartment spine with five raised ribs. Red leather label in compartment two with gilt series title; black leather label in compartment four with gilt short title. Black acorn ornaments and rulings stamped in the other compartments. Marbled edges and endpapers. Pencil inscription on front flyleaf dated 1861. Text block is age toned around the edges, but generally it is clean, unmarked, and square with a strong binding. Boards and spine are worn/rubbed with bumped corners. A strong little copy which is easy to read and use. Good condition overall.…